Fastening means for car doors and windows.



W. L. STANLEY.

FASTENING MEANS FOR CAR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 191's. RENEWED mum. ms.

" Patehted June 20,1916.

WALTER L. STANLEY, OF NGRFOLK, VIRGINIA.

FASTENING MEANS FOR CAR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed. July 6, 1915, Serial No. 38,232. Renewed May 16,1916. Serial No. 97,960.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER L. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Fastening Means forCar Doors and Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastening means for car doorsand windows, the object being to provide a fastening with a seal whichmust be broken before the car door or window can be opened, thusbetraying any clandestine entrance to the car.

It consists in a bolt adapted for use in connection with a hasp, and ithas the double function of fastening the hasp and holding the dooragainst the car body.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of aportion of a car body and door showing my improved fastening meansapplied; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal view; Fig.3 is alongitudinal sectional view through the fastener; Fig. 4 is a top planview; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionon the line 55 of Fig. 2.

A, represents the car body, and numeral 1 indicates the car door. Thefastener is secured to the car body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with oneedge in line with the door opening, and the hasp 2 is fastenedpreferably by means of a staple 3 to the car door 1.

The numeral 41 represents the casing of the fastener, and 5 is the boltfitted and adapted to slide therein, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5.

The casing has an inwardly-projecting stud 6, and the hasp has the usualslot 7 to receive this stud, and a socket 8 in the bolt conforms to andfits the end of the hasp when the bolt is projected over the edge of thedoor 1, as shown in Fig. 2, thus tending to hold the hasp and preventingits rattling, and consequently greatly lessening the wear whichwouldotherwise result. The enlarged clearance space 21 in the outer endof the bolt 5 is provided to allow the hasp 2 to be placed over the stud6 when the bolt is withdrawn or in its normal position.

The bolt carries a gravity-pin 9, which normally rests on the bottom ofthe casing 4, as shown in Fig. 3, but which drops into an opening 10 inthe bottom of the casing when the bolt is projected to the positionshown in Fig. 2, "as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. This gravity-pin9 is entirely concealed, as

shown in Fig. 5, so that access to it cannot be gained without breakingthe seal.

be of glass,'clay, or any other frangible material, and bearing alegend, as shown in Fig. 3, such as the railroad, car number, and thelike. 1 i

The seal 11 is dropped in place through a slot 12 at the top when thebolt is drawn back to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the groove 13which receives the seal is in registry withthe slot 12, and the seal 11is held in position when the bolt 5 is moved outward by being covered bythe sealed top of the casing 4:.

The bolt is moved by means of the knob 14 working in the slot 15, seeFig. 1. Y

An open slot 16 straddles the stud 6, and

its closed inner end stops the further outreleased. 7

While my invention is shown connection with a sliding-door, asillustrated in Fig. 1, it is-just as applicable to a hinged door, and inthat event it is necessary to swing the hasp 2 up out of the way, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and then drop it through the open slot18 in the top of the casing, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and thence overthe stud 6. 7

To easily assemble the parts, the rear end of the casing 4: is left openas shown, but the bolts 19 which secure the fastener to the car body atone end are purposely .in its direct path where they preventthe boltfrom sliding out. Other-bolts 20, 20, at the top and bottom are used tosecurely fasten the fastener in place.

This improved fastener is simple, easy and inexpensive to make, and isespecially well adapted to the fastening of car doors and The I seal isindicated by the numeral 11, and may windows where it is preferred touse some form of hasp as the main fastening 1. A fastener for car doorsand windows, comprising a casing, a bolt, and a concealed gravity-pincarried by the bolt, and which automatically fastens the bolt when inone of its positions.

2. A fastener for car doors and windows, comprising a casing, a bolt,and a concealed gravity-pin carried by the bolt, and which automaticallyfastens the bolt when in one of its positions, and frangible means carried by the bolt over the gravity-pin which must be broken in order togain access to v the pin.

8. The combination with a hasp, of a fastener comprising a casing havinga stud upon which the hasp is adapted to be placed, and a bolt slidablyfitted within the casing, said bolt having a socket which receives theend of the hasp over the stud and holds it thereon, and means carried bythe bolt for automatically looking it when in position to hold the haspon the stud.

4-. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried bythe car body, and a hasp by the door, the fastener comprising a casingand a bolt slidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the haspon a stud on the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of thedoor,whereby the door is held in place against the car body and the haspupon the stud.

5. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried bythe car body, and a hasp by the door, the fastener comprising a. casingand a bolt slidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the haspon a stud on the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of thedoor, whereby the door is held in place against the car body and thehasp upon the stud, and means carried by the bolt forautomaticallyfastening it.

6. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried bythe car body,

and a hasp by the door, the fastener com- 5 prising a casing and a boltslidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the hasp on a studon the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of the door,whereby the door is held in place agalnst the car body and the hasp uponthe stud, means carried by the bolt for automatically fastoning it, anda seal also carried by the bolt which is locked therein when the bolt isprojected and must be broken in order to gain access to release theautomatic locking means.

7. A fastener for car doors and windows comprising a casing having aninwardlyprojecting stud on its inner wall and having ahorizontally-disposed open slot, and an opening through which the sealis shown 011 its outer wall, the casing open at opposite ends, of a boltslidably fitted within the casing provided with a groove for the sealand having an open slot at one end which WALTER L. STANLEY.

Gopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13.0.

